Reeving device



. y UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

. JOSEPHHADEIELD, OE NEwv YORK, N. Y., AsSIeNOR TOl AUGUST M. EAY,

t oE-EAST ORANGE, NEw JERSEY.

REEVINGDEvlci-a.

- SPEcIrIoArIoN forming part of Letters Patent No. 524,247, 'dated August 7, 1894.

, Application filed December 26, 1893. Serial No. 494,777. (No model.)

vTo all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH HADEIELD, a citizen of the United States, residing atNew York, in the county and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Reeving Devices, of' which the following is a specification.

'lhe object of thisinventon is to provide a device suitable for reeving lines or halyards on various localities as for example flag staffs, pulleys and the like and the invention consists in the novel features set fort-l1 inthe following specification and vclaims and illustrated in the` annexed drawings, in which- Figure l is anelevation of the reeving device. Fig. 2 is a section alongma: Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a section along y y Fig. 2.

y In the drawings is shown a main pulleyor sheave composed of cheek pieces A, between `2o which is arranged a supplemental pulley or sheave B adapted to run loosely orindependent of the main pulley. The main pulley is constructed with a hub C formed integral with one of the cheek-pieces, and rigidlyse- VCured tothe other cheek piece, the supplemental pulley or sheave B being mounted on the hub. A shaft D can be made to extend through hub C. About the idler B is looped a strand or wire E which in Fig. 1 is shown guided about a pulley F held taut bya spring G secured in a suitable locality as to a flag pole H. f

In case a line or halyard asIis to be reeved one endof line I is temporarily secured to the loop or wire E by suitable fastening as thread or wire K. The cord or wire E being then started running, the line I will be drawn to -the main pulley and reeved about said pulley, as seen in Fig. l, after which said line I can be detached from `the wire E. The line I can now be run back andforth about the mainppulley. as required, the pulley B being t allowed to remain idle. The line Ican manifestly be removed as required, and can be rreadily replaced when needed by aid of the 45 wire E. r

The device can be used not only for reeving lines on dag staffs,but also forother purposes, as for example in mounting Wash lines,

which latter are advantageously taken in 5o when not in use so as to be preserved from the effects of the weather. g

The cheek-pieces A may or may not be rigidly fixed to the hub C, but care should be exercised t0 prevent spreading of the cheek` pieces, so that the strand or wire E, which engages the annular groove inthe supplemental pulley or sheave B is not liable to be` come disengaged therefrom.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure 6o by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination Of a main pulley or sheave adapted to support a line, a supple-` mental pulley or sheave arranged within and rotatably independent of the main pulley or 65 sheave and provided with an annular groove, and astrand or wire engaging the annular groove in the supplemental pulley or sheave for running the line overthe main pulley or sheave, substantially as described. 7o

2. The combination of a main pulley or sheave composed of two cheek `pieces, one having a hub secured to the other and adapted f to support a line running thereOver,-a supplemental pulley or sheave having an annular 75 i groove and running independently on the said hub, and a strand or wire engaging the annular groove of the supplemental pulley or sheave for running the line over the main pulley or sheave, substantially as described. 8o In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOSEPH HADEIELD. Witnesses:

WM. C. HAUEE, E. F. KASTENHUBER. 

